CHAPTER 2

SYMMETRICAL
Original Author:

COMPONENTS
Revised by :

J. E. Hobson

D. L. Whitehead
Stated in more general terms, an unbalanced group of n associated vectors, all of the same type, can be resolved into n sets of balanced vectors. The n vectors of each set are of equal length and symmetrically located with respect to each other. A set of vectors is considered to be symmetrically located if the angles between the vectors, taken in sequential order, are all equal. Thus three vectors of one set are symmetrically located if the angle between adjacent vectors is either zero or 120 degrees. Although the method of symmetrical components is applicable to the analysis of any multi-phase system, this discussion will be limited to a consideration of three-phase systems, since three phase systems are most frequently encountered. This method of analysis makes possible the prediction, readily and accurately, of the behavior of a power system during unbalanced short-circuit or unbalanced load conditions. The engineers knowledge of such phenomena has been greatly augmented and rapidly developed since its introduction. Modern concepts of protective relaying and fault protection grew from an understanding of the symmetrical component methods. Out of the concept of symmetrical components have sprung, almost full-born, many electrical devices. The negative-sequence relay for the detection of system faults, the positive-sequence filter for causing generator voltage regulators to respond to voltage changes in all three phases rather than in one phase alone, and the connection of instrument transformers to segregate zero-sequence quantities for the prompt detection of ground faults are interesting examples. The HCB pilot wire relay, a recent addition to the list of devices originating in minds trained to think in terms of symmetrical components, uses a positivesequence filter and a zero-sequence filter for the detection of faults within a protected line section and for initiating the high speed tripping of breakers to isolate the faulted section. Symmetrical components as a tool in stability calculations was recognized in 1924-1926, and has been used extensively since that time in power system stability analyses. Its value for such calculations lies principally in the fact that it permits an unbalanced load or fault to be represented by an impedance in shunt with the singlephase representation of the balanced system. The understanding of three-phase transformer performance, particularly the effect of connections and the phenomena associated with three-phase core-form units has been clarified by symmetrical components, as have been the physical concepts and the mathematical analysis of rotating machine performance under conditions of unbalanced faults or unbalanced loading. 12

HE analysis of a three-phase circuit in which phase voltages and currents are balanced (of equal magnitude in the three phases and displaced 120 from each other), and in which all circuit elements in each phase are balanced and symmetrical, is relatively simple since the treatment of a single-phase leads directly to the threeThe analysis by Kirchoffs laws is much phase solution. more difficult, however, when the circuit is not symmetrical, as the result of unbalanced loads, unbalanced faults or short-circuits that are not symmetrical in the three phases. Symmetrical components is the method now generally adopted for calculating such circuits. It was presented to the engineering profession by Dr. Charles L. Fortescue in his 19 18 paper, Method of Symmetrical Coordinates Applied to the Solution of Polyphase Networks. This paper, one of the longest ever presented before the A.I.E.E., is now recognized as a classic in engineering literature. For several years symmetrical components remained the tool of the specialist; but the subsequent work of R. D. Evans, C. F. Wagner, J. F. Peters, and others in developing the sequence networks and extending the application to system fault calculations and stability calculations focused the attention of the industry on the simplification and clarification symmetrical components offered in the calculation of power system performance under unbalanced conditions. The method was recognized immediately by a few engineers as being very useful for the analysis of unbalanced conditions on symmetrical machines. Its more general application to the calculation of power system faults and unbalances, and the simplification made possible by the use of symmetrical components in such calculations, was not appreciated until several years later when the papers by Evans, Wagner, and others were published. The use of symmetrical components in the calculation of unbalanced faults, unbalanced loads, and stability limits on three-phase power systems now overshadows the other applications. The fundamental principle of symmetrical components, as applied to three-phase circuits, is that an unbalanced group of three related vectors (for example, three unsymmetrical and unbalanced vectors of voltage or current in a three-phase system) can be resolved into three sets of vectors. The three vectors of each set are of equal magnitude and spaced either zero or 120 degrees apart. Each set is a symmetrical component of the original unbalanced vectors. The same concept of resolution can be applied to rotating vectors, such as voltages or currents, or nonrotating vector operators such as impedances or admittances.

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The extensive use of the network calculator for the determination of short-circuit, currents and voltages and for the application of circuit breakers, relays, grounding transformers, protector tubes, etc. has been furthered by the development of symmetrical components, since each sequence network may be set up independently as a singlephase system. A miniature network of an extensive power system, set up with three-phase voltages, separate impetlances for each phase, and mutual impedances between phases would indeed be so large and cumbersome to handle In this connnection it is of interest to as to be prohibitive. note that the network calculator has become an indispensable tool in the analysis of power system performance and in power system design. Not only has the method been an exceedingly valuable tool in system analyses, but also, by providing new and simpler concepts the understanding of power system beThe method of symmetrical havior has been clarified. components is responsible for an entirely different manner of approach to predicting and analyzing power-system performance. Symmetrical components early earned a reputation of being complex. This is unfortunate since the mathematical manipulations attendant with the method are quite simple, requiring only a knowledge of complex vector notation. It stands somewhat unique among mathematical tools in that it has been used not only to explain existing conditions, but also, as pointed out above, the physical concepts arising from a knowledge of the basic principles have led to the development of new equipment and new schemes for power system operation, protection, etc. Things men come to know lose their mystery, and so it is with this important tool. Inasmuch as the theory and applications of symmetrical components are fully discussed elsewhere (see references) the intention here is only to summarize the important equations and to provide a convenient reference for those who are already somewhat familiar with the subject.

As shown in Fig. 1, the resultant of a2 operating on a vector V is the vector V having the same length as V, but located 120 degrees in a clockwise direction from V. The three vectors l+ j0, u2, and a (taken in this order)

Fig.

lRotation

of a vector

by the operator

''a''.

form a balanced, symmetrical, set of vectors of positivephase-sequence rotation, since the vectors are of equal length, displaced equal angles from each other, and cross the reference line in the order 1, a2, and a (following the usual convention of counter-clockwise rotation for the
TABLE 1 PROPERTIES OF THE VECTOR OPERATOR a

I.

THE VECTOR OPERATOR a

For convenience in notation and manipulation a vector operator is introduced. Through usage it has come to be known as the vector a and is defined as

This indicates that the vector a has unit length and is oriented 120 degrees in a positive (counter-clockwise) direction from the reference axis. A vector operated upon by a is not changed in magnitude but is simply rotated in position 120 degrees in the forward direction. For example, V=aV is a vector having the same length as the vector V, but rotated 120 degrees forward from the vector V. This relationship is shown in Fig. 1. The square of the vector a is another unit vector oriented 120 degrees in a negative (clockwise) direction from the reference axis, or oriented 240 degrees forward in a positive direction.

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vector diagram). The vectors 1, a, and a2 (taken in this order) form a balanced, symmetrical, set of vectors of since the vectors do not cross negative-phase-sequence, the reference line in the order named, keeping the same

Fig. 4Zero-sequence

components

of the vectors

in Fig. 3.

E1 is the positive-sequence component of E,, written component of Eh, EM, is as Eal. The positive-sequence component of E,, equal to u2ELll. The positive-sequence E rl, is equal to QE:,~. Eal, Eijl, EC1form a balanced, symmetrical three-phase set of vectors of positive phase sequence since the vector E,l is 120 degrees ahead of Et1 and 120 degrees behind E+ as shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 2Properties

of the vector

operator

a.

Fig. 5-Positive-sequence

components

of the vectors in Fig. 3.

convention of counterclockwise rotation, but the third named follows the first, etc. Fundamental propertics of the vector a are given in Table 1, and are shown on the vector diagram of Fig. 2.

II. RESOLUTION AND COMBINATION OF VECTOR COMPONENTS 1. Resolution of Unbalanced Three-Phase Voltages
A three-phase set of unbalanced voltagevectors is shown in Fig. 3. Any three unbalanced vectors such as those in Fig. 3 can be resolved into three balanced or symmetrical sets of vectors by the use of the following equations:

EZ is t,he negative-sequence component of E,, written components of Eb and E, as Ea2. The negative-sequence are, respectively, uEa2 and u2E82, so that Eil?, Eb2, Ecz taken in order form a symmetrical set of negative-sequence vectors as in Fig. G. All three of the zero-sequence-component vectors are defined by EO, since E,o= EM = Eco. Likewise, the three

Fig. 6Negative-sequence

components

of the vectors

in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3Unbalanced

vectors.

Eo is the zero-sequence component of Ea and is likewise the zero-sequence component of Eb and Ec, that This set of three-phase vectors is shown in Fig. 4.

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Note that all three sets of component vectors have the same counterclockwise direction of rotation as was assumed for the original unbalanced vectors. The negativesequence set of vectors does not rotate in a direction opposite to the positive-sequence set; but the phase-sequence, that is, the order in which the maximum occur with time, of the negative-sequence set is a, c, b, a, and therefore opposite to the a, b, c, a, phase-sequence of the positivesequence set. The unbalanced vectors can be expressed as functions of the three components just defined:

The combination of the sequence component vectors to form the original unbalanced vectors is shown in Fig. 7. In general a set of three unbalanced vectors such as those in Fig. 3 will have zero-, positive-, and negative-

Fig. 7Combination of the three symmetrical component sets of vectors to obtain the original unbalanced vectors in Fig. 3,

Fig. 8Determination

of unbalance

factor.

negative sequence voltage whereas of course more readily measured.

the phase voltages

are

sequence components. However, if the vectors are balanced and symmetrical-of equal length and displaced 120 2. Resolution of Unbalanced Three-Phase Currents degrees from each other-there will be only a positiveThree line currents can be resolved into three sets of sequence component, or only a negative-sequence comsymmetrical component vectors in a manner analogous ponent, depending upon the order of phase sequence for to that just given for the resolution of voltages. the original vectors. Referring to Fig. 9: Equations (3) can be used to resolve either line-toneutral voltages or line-to-line voltages into their components. Inherently, however, since three delta or lineto-line voltages must form a closed triangle, there will be no zero-sequence component for a set of three-phase lineThe subscript D is used to denote components of delta voltages or currents flowing in delta windings. In many cases it is desirable to know the ratio of the negatives- to positive-sequence amplitudes and the phase angle between them. This ratio is commonly called the unbalance factor and can be conveniently obtained from the chart given in Fig. 8. The angle, , by which Ea2 Fig. 9Three-phase line currents. leads Ea1 can be obtained also from the same chart. The chart is applicable only to three-phase, three-wire systems, The above are, respectively, the zero-, positive-, and since it presupposes no zero-sequence component. The negative-sequence components of Ia, the current in the only data needed to use the chart is the scalar magnitudes reference phase. of the three line voltages. As an example the chart can be used to determine the unbalance in phase voltages permissible on induction motors without excessive heating. (6) This limit has usually been expressed as a permissible

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Three delta currents, ponents : Fig. 10, can be resolved

Symmetrical Components
into com-

Chapter

(7) Where I, has been chosen as the reference

phase current.

Fig. 10Three-phase

delta currents.

Three line currents flowing into a delta-connected load, or into a delta-connected transformer winding, cannot have a zero-sequence component since Ia+Ib+Ic must obviously be equal to zero. Likewise the currents flowing into a star-connected load cannot have a zero-sequence component unless the neutral wire is returned or the neutral point is connected to ground. Another way of stating this fact is that zero-sequence current cannot flow into a deltaconnected load or transformer bank ; nor can zero-sequence current flow into a star-connected load or transformer bank unless the neutral is grounded or connected to a return neutral wire. The choice of which phase to use as reference is entirely arbitrary, but once selected, this phase must be kept as the reference for voltages and currents throughout the system, and throughout the analysis. It is customary in symmetrical component notation to denote the reference phase as phase a. The voltages and currents over an entire system are then expressed in terms of their components, all referred to the components of the reference phase. The components of voltage, current, impedance, or power found by analysis are directly the components of the reference phase, and the components of voltage, current, impedance, or power for the other phases are easily found by rotating the positive-or negative-sequence components of the reference-phase through thc proper angle. The ambiguity possible where star-delta transformations of voltage and current are involved, or where the components of star voltages and currents arc to be related to delta voltages and currents, is detailed in a following section.

Fig.

1lThree unbalanced

self impedances

The sequence components of current through the imlinevoltpedances, and the sequence components of the ages impressed across them are interrelated by the following equations :

The above equations illustrate the fundamental principle that there is mutual coupling between sequences when the circuit constants are not symmetrical. As the equations reveal, both positiveand negative-sequence current (as well as zero-sequence current) create a zeroIf Z,= Zb = Z,, the impedances sequence voltage drop. are symmetrical, 2, = Z,=O, and 2&= 2,. .For this condition,

3. Resolution of Unbalanced mittances

Impedances

and Ad-

Self Impedances-Unbalanced impedances can be resolved into symmetrical components, although the impedances are vector operators, and not rotating vectors as are three-phase voltages and currents. Consider the three star-impedances of Fig. 11 (a), which form an unbalanced load. Their sequence components are:

and, as expected, the sequences are independent. If the neutral point is not grounded in Fig. 11 (a), IO 0 but = E. = I1Z2+ 12Z1 so that there is a zero-sequence voltage, representing a neutral voltage shift, created by positiveand negative-sequence current flowing through the unbalanced load. Equations (8) and (9) also hold for unsymmetrical series line impedances, as shown in Fig. 11 (b), where Eo, El, and E2 are components of Ea, Eb, and Ec, the voltage drops across the impedances in the three phases. Mutua1 Impedances between phases can also be resolved into components. Consider Zmbc of Fig. 12(a), as reference, then

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tive-sequence voltage drops, etc. Fortunately, except for transformer conunsymmetrical loads, unsymmetrical nections, etc., the three-phase systems usually encountered are symmetrical (or balanced) and the sequences are independent. Admittances can be resolved into symmetrical components, and the components used to find the sequence components of the currents through a three-phase set of or star-connected loads, as functions line impedances, of the symmetrical components of the voltage drops across the impedances. In Fig. 11(a), let

(a) (b)

Three unbalanced mutual impedances. Unbalanced self and mutual impedances.

The components of the three-phase line currents and the components of the three-phase voltage drops created by the mutual impedances will be interrelated by the following equations:

Note, however, that Y0 is not the reciprocal of Z0, as defined in Eq. 8, Y, is not the reciprocal of Z1, and Y2 is not the reciprocal of Z2, unless Z2= Zb = Zc; in other words, the components of admittance are not reciprocals of the corresponding components of impedance unless the three impedances (and admittances) under consideration are equal.

If, as in Fig. 12(b), both self and mutual impedances are present in a section of a three-phase circuit, the symmetrical components of the three voltage drops across the section are:

4. Star-Delta

Conversion Equations

If a delta arrangement of impedances, as in Fig. 13(a), is to be converted to an equivalent star shown in Fig. 13(b), the following equations are applicable.

Again, metrical,

if both self and mutual in all three phases,

impedances

are sym-

Where ZO, Z1, and Z2 are, respectively, the impedance to zero-, positive-, and negative-sequence. For this condition positive-sequence currents produce only a positivesequence voltage drop, etc. Zo, Z1, and Z2 are commonly referred to as the zero-sequence, positive-sequence, and negative-sequence impedances. Note, however, that this is not strictly correct and that Z1, the impedance to positive-sequence currents, should not be confused with Z1, the positive sequence component of self impedances. Since Zo, Zl, and Z2 are used more frequently than Z0, zero-sequence imZ1 and Z2 the shorter expression pedance is usually used to refer to Z0 rather than Z. For a circuit that has only symmetrical impedances, both self and mutual, the sequences are independent of each other, and positive-sequence currents produce only posi-

Fig. 13Star-delta

impedance

conversions.

When the delta impedances form a three-phase load, no zero-sequence current can flow from the line to the load; hence, the equivalent star load must be left with neutral ungrounded. The reverse transformation, from the star impedances of Fig. 13(b), to the equivalent delta Fig. 13(a), is given by

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TABLE 2

Chapter

An equivalent delta for a star-connected, three-phase Ioad with neutral grounded cannot be found, since zerosequence current can flow from the line to the star load and return in the ground, but cannot flow from the line to any delta arrangement.

III. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEQUENCE COMPONENTS OF LINE-TO-LINE AND LINE-TO-NEUTRAL VOLTAGES

Assume that Eag, Ebg, and Ecg, are a positive-sequence set of line-to-neutral vectors in Fig. 14(a). The line-toline voltages will also form a positive-sequence set of

If Eag, Ebg, and Ecg, form a negative-sequence set of vectors, the vector diagram of Fig. 14(c) illustrates the relation between E2 = Eag, and E2D, the negative-sequence component of the line-to-line voltages. Again, the algebraic relation expressing E2D as a function of E2 will depend upon the line-to-line phase selected for reference, as illustrated in Table 3.
TABLE 3

Since the line-to-line voltages cannot have a zero-sequence component, EoD=0 under all conditions, and E0 is an indeterminate function of EoD. The equations expressing E1D as a function of E1, and E2D as a function of E2, can be solved to express El and E2 as functions of E 1D and E2D, respectively. Refer to Table 4 for the relationships.
TABLE 4

Fig. (b) (c)

14Relationships neutral

between components

line-to-line of voltage.

and

line-to-

Positive-sequence relationships. Negative-sequence relationships.

vectors. The relationship between the two sets of threephase vectors is shown in Fig. 14(b). Although E1D (the positive-sequence component of the line-to-line voltages) sequence component of the line-to-neutral voltages (which Certain authors have arbitrarily adopted phase CB as reference, since the relations between the line-to-line and line-to-neutral components are easily remembered and the angular shift of 90 degrees is easy to carry in computations. Using this convention:

tween E1 and E1D taken as reference. phases selected

depends upon the line-to-line voltage The choice is arbitrary. Table 2 gives

as reference.

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upon the phase selected for reference. Ia is taken ence for the line currents. Refer to Table 5.

19
as refer-

(19)
The equations and vector diagrams illustrate the interesting fact that the numerical relation between the lineto-line and line-to-neutral positive-sequence components is the same as for negative-sequence; but that the angular shift for negative-sequence is opposite to that for positivesequence, regardless of the delta phase selected for reference. Also, a connection of power or regulating transformcrs giving a shift of degrees in the transformation for positive-sequence voltage and current will give a shift of degrees in the transformation for negative-sequence voltage and current.

TABLE 5

IV. SEQUENCE COMPONENTS OF LINE AND DELTA CURRENTS

The relation existing between the positive-sequence component of the delta currents and the positive-sequence component of the line currents flowing into a delta load or delta-connected transformer winding, and the relation existing for the negative-sequence components of the currents are given in Figs. 15(b) and 15(c). Although the components of line currents are 3 times thc delta phase selected for reference, the angular relationship depends

If the current (Iy) is taken as reference, the relations are easily remembered; also, the j operator is convenient to use in analysts.

V. STAR-DELTA TRANSFORMATIONS VOLTAGE AND CURRENT

OF

Each sequence component of voltage and current must be followed separately through the transformer, and the angular shift of the sequence will depend upon the input and output phases arbitrarily selected for reference. In Fig. 16(a), the winding ratio is n, and the overall trans, voltages on the delta side will be N times the corresponding voltages on the star side of the transformer (neglecting If the transformer windings arc symimpedance drop). metrical in the three phases, there will be no interaction between sequences, and each sequence component of voltage or current is transformed independently. To illustrate the sequence transformations, phases a and a have been selected as reference phases in the two circuits. Figs. 16(b), (c), (d) , and (e) give the relationships for the three phases with each component of voltage and current considered separately. From the vector diagrams

Fig. (b) (c)

15Relationships

between components delta currents.

of

phase

and

Positive-sequence relationships. Negative-sequence relationships.

Regardless of the phases selected for reference, both positive-sequence current and voltage will be shifted in the same direction by the same angle. Negative-sequence current and voltage will also be shifted the same angle in

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The zero-sequence line-to-neutral voltages, E0 and E0 are entirely independent; each being determined by conditions characteristics in its respective circuit. The transformation for the three sequence currents and voltages, and the sequence impedance characteristics, for common connections of power and regulating transformers are given in Chap. 5. The action of a transformer bank in the transformation of zero-sequence currents must be given particular attention, since certain connections do not permit zero-sequence current to flow, others permit it to pass through the bank without, transformation, and still others transform zerosequence quantities in the same manner as positive- or negative-sequence quantities are transformed. VI. THREE-PHASE POWER

The total three-phase power of a circuit can be expressed in terms of the symmetrical components of the line currents and the symmetrical components of the line-toneutral voltages. where 0 is the angle between Eo and I0, 1 the angle between El and I1, 2 the angle between E2 and I2. The equation shows that the total power is the sum of the three components of power; but the power in one phase of an unbalanced circuit is not one-third of the above expression, since each phase will contain components of power resulting from zero-sequence voltage and positive-sequence current, etc. This power between sequences is generated in one phase and absorbed by the others, and does not appear in the expression for total three-phase power. Only positive-sequence power is developed by the generators. This power is converted to negative-sequence and zero-sequence power by circuit dissymmetry such as occurs from a single line-to-ground or a line-to-line fault,. The unbalanced fault, unbalanced load, or other dissymmetry in the circuit thus acts as the generator for negative sequence and zero-sequence power. VII. CONJUGATE SETS OF VECTORS

Fig. 16Transformation of the sequence components of current and voltage in a star-delta transformer bank. (b) (c) (d) (e) Relationship of positive-sequence line-to-neutral and line-toline voltages. Relationship of positive-sequence currents. Relationship of negative-sequence line-to-neutral and lineto-line voltages. Relationship of negative-sequence currents.

Since power in an alternating-current circuit is defined as E (the vector E times the conjugate of the vector Z), some consideration should be given to conjugates of the A system of symmetrical-component sets of vectors. positive-sequence vectors are drawn in Fig. 17(a). In

one direction, and the negative-sequence angular shift will be equal to the positive-sequence shift but in the opposite direction. As previously stated, this is a general rule for all connections of power and regulating transformers, wherever phase shift is involved in the transformation. Since zero-sequence current cannot flow from the delta winding, there willno zero-sequence be component of Ia. If the star winding is grounded, Ia may have a zero-sequence component. From the star side the transformer bank acts as a return path for zero-sequence current (if the neutral is grounded), and from the delta side the bank acts as an open circuit to zero-sequence. For zero-sequence
Fig. 17Conjugates of a positive-sequence set of vectors.

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Fig. M-Conjugates

of a negative-sequence

set of vectors.

accordance with the definition that the conjugate of a given vector is a vector of the same magnitude but displaced the same angle from the reference axis in the opposite direction to the given vector, the conjugates of the positive-sequence set of vectors are shown in Fig. 17(b). Note that the conjugates to a positive-sequences of vectors form a negativeSimilarly, as in Fig. 18, the consequence set of vectors. jugates to a negative-sequence set of vectors form a posi-

tained for the balanced part of the system. The advantage of the sequence network is that, since currents and voltages of only one sequence are present, the three-phase system can be represented by an equivalent single-phase diagram. The entire sequence network can often be reduced by simple manipulation to a single voltage and a single impedance. The type of unbalance or dissymmetry in the circuit can be represented by an interconnection between the equivalent sequence networks. The positive-sequence network is the only one of the three that will contain generated voltages, since alternators can be assumed to generate only positive-sequence voltages. The voltages appearing in the negative- and zerosequence networks will be generated by the unbalance, and will appear as voltages impressed on the networks at the Furthermore, the positive-sequence netpoint of fault. work represents the system operating under normal balanced conditions. For short-circuit studies the internal voltages arc shorted and the positive sequence network is driven by the voltage appearing at the fault before the fault, occurred according to the theory of Superposition and the Compensation Theorems (see Chapter 10, Section 11). This gives exactly the increments or changes in system quantities over the Since the fault current equals system. zero before the fault, the increment alone is the fault current total. However, the normal currents in any branch must be added to the calculated fault current in the same branch to get the total current in any branch after the fault occurs.

6. Setting Up the Sequence Networks

Fig. 19Conjugates of a zero-sequence set of vectors.

tive-sequence set . The conjugate of a zero-sequence set of vectors is another zero-sequence set of vectors, see Fig. 19.

VIII. SEQUENCE NETWORKS 5. General Considerations

One of the most useful concepts arising from symmetrical components is that of the sequence network, which is an equivalent network for the balanced power system under an imagined operating condition such that only one sequence component of voltages and currents is present in the system. As shown above for the case of balanced loads (and it can be readily shown in general) currents of one sequence will create voltage drops of that sequence only, if a power system is balanced (equal series impedances in all three phases, equal mutual impedances between phases, rotating machines symmetrical in all three phases, all banks of transformers symmetrical in all three phases, etc.). There will be no interaction between sequences and the sequences are independent. Nearly all power systems can be assumed to be balanced except for emergency conditions such as short-circuits, faults, unbalanced load, unbalanced open circuits, or unsymmetrical conditions arising in rotating machines. Even under such emergency unbalanced conditions, which usually occur at only one point in the system, the remainder of the power system remains balanced and an equivalent sequence network can be ob-

The equivalent circuits for each sequence are set up as viewed from the fault, by imagining current of the particular sequence to be circulated through the network from the fault point, investigating the path of current flow and the impedance of each section of the network to currents of that sequence. Another approach is to imagine in each network a voltage impressed across the terminals of the network, and to follow the path of current flow through the network, dealing with each sequence separately. It is particularly necessary when setting up the zero-sequence network to start at the fault point, or point of unbalance, since zero-sequence currents might not flow over the entire system. Only parts of the system over which zero-sequence current will flow, as the result of a zero-sequence voltage impressed at the unbalanced point, are included in the zero-sequence network as viewed from the fault. The two terminals for each network correspond to the two points in the three-phase system on either side of the unbalance. For the case of shunt faults between conductors and ground, one terminal of each network will be the fault point in the three-phase system, the other terminal will be ground or neutral at that point. For a series unbalance, such as an open conductor, the two terminals will correspond to the two points in the three-phase system immediately adjacent to the unbalance.

7. Sequence Impedances of Lines, Transformers, and Rotating Machinery

The impedance of any unit of the system-such generator, a transformer, or a section of line-to as a be in-

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serted in a sequence network is obtained by imagining unit current of that sequence to be circulated through the apparatus or line in all three phases, and writing the equation for the voltage drop; or by actually measuring the voltage drop when current of the one sequence being investigated is circulated through the three phases of the apparatus. The impedance to negative-sequence currents for all static non-rotating apparatus will be equal to the impedance for positive-sequence currents. The impedance to negative-sequence currents for rotating apparatus will in general be different from the impedance to positive The impedance to zero-sequence currents for all sequence. apparatus will in general be different from either the impedance to positive-sequence or the impedance to negativeThe sequence impedance characteristics of the sequence. component parts of a power system have been investigated in detail and are discussed in Chaps. 3, 4, 5, and 6. An impedance in the neutral will not appear in either the positive-sequence network or the negative-sequence network, since the three-phase currents of either sequence add to zero at the neutral; an equivalent impedance equal to three times the ohmic neutral impedance will appear in the zero-sequence network, however, since the zero-sequence currents flowing in the three phases, I0 add directly to give a neutral current of 3I0.

distribute through each network in accordance with the distribution factors found for unit current. This follows from the fact that within any one of the three networks the currents and voltages of that sequence are entirely independent of the other two sequences. These points will be clarified by detailed consideration of a specific example at the end of this chapter.

IX. CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SEQUENCE NETWORKS

THE

8. Assumed Direction of Current Flow

By convention, the positive direction of current flow in each sequence network is taken as being outward at the faulted or unbalanced point; thus the sequence currents are assumed to flow in the same direction in all three sequence networks. This convention of assumed current flow must be carefully followed to avoid ambiguity or error even though some of the currents are negative. After the currents flowing in each network have been determined, the sequence voltage at any point in the network can be found by subtractingthe impedance drops of that sequence from the generated voltages, taking the neutral point of the network as the point of zero voltage. For example, if the impedances to positive-, negative-, and zero-sequence between neutral and the point in question are Z1, Z2, and ZO, respectively, the sequence voltages at the point will be

As discussed in Part II, Sec. 3 of this chapter, any unbalance or dissymmetry in the system will result in mutual action between the sequences, so that it is to be expected that the sequence networks will have mutual coupling, or between them at the point of possibly direct connections, unbalance. Equations can be written for the conditions existing at the point of unbalance that show the coupling or connections necessarily existing between the sequence networks at that point. As pointed out in Sec. 5, it is usually sufficiently accurate to reduce a given system to an equivalent source and single reactance to the point of fault. This in effect means that the system is reduced to a single generator with a fault Figs. 20(a) through 20(e) show applied at its terminals. such an equivalent system with the more common types of faults applied. For example Fig. 20(a) is drawn for a three-

where Eal is the generated positive-sequence voltage, the positive-sequence network being the only one of the three having a generated voltage between neutral and the point for which voltages are to be found. In particular, if Z1, Z2 and Z0 are the total equivalent impedances of the networks to the point of fault,, then Eq. (23) gives the sequence voltages at the fault. Distribution FactorsIf several types of unbalance are to be investigated for one point in the system, it is convenient to find distribution factors for each sequence current by circulating unit sequence current in the terminals of each network, letting it flow through the network and finding how this current distributes in various branches. Regardless of the type of fault, and the magnitude of sequence current at the fault, the current will

(a)

Three-phase

short circuit on generator.

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(b) (c)

Single-line-to-ground Single-line-to-ground a neutral reactor.

fault on ungrounded generator. fault on generator grounded through

(d) (e)

Line-to-line fault on grounded or ungrounded generator. Double-line-to-ground fault on generator grounded through a neutral reactor.

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Fig. 21Connection of the sequence networks to represent shunt and series unbalanced conditions. For shunt unbalances the faulted point in the system is represented by F and neutral by N. Corresponding points are represented in the sequence networks by the letter with a sequence subscript. P, N, and Z refer to the positive-, negative-, and zero-sequence networks, respectively. For series unbalances, points in the system adjacent to the unbalance are represented by X and Y. N is again the neutral.

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Part (1) shows the equivalent phase fault on the system. system (2) the corresponding positive- negative- and zerosequence diagrams, and (3) the shorthand representation

G. In the positive- and negative-sequence and ground, networks no such distinction is necessary, since by their definition positive- and negative-sequence quantities are balanced with respect to neutral. For example, all positive- and negative-sequence currents add to zero at the system neutral so that the terms neutral and ground Zero-sequence quantities however, are are synonymous. Thus, by their not balanced with respect to. neutral. nature zero-sequence currents require a neutral or ground In many cases impedance exists between return path. neutral and ground and when zero-sequence currents flow a voltage drop exists between neutral and ground. Therefore, it is necessary that one be specific when speaking of line-to-neutral and line-to-ground zero-sequence voltages. They are the same only when no impedance exists between the neutral and ground. In parts (3) of Fig. 20(a) all portions of the network within the boxes are balanced and only the terminals at the point of unbalance are brought out. The networks as shown are for the a or reference phase only. In Eqs. (25) through (29) the zero-sequence impedance, Z0, is infinite for the case of Fig. 20(b) and includes 3XG in the case of Fig. 20 (c). Fig. 21 gives a summary of the connections required to represent the more common types of faults encountered in power system work. Equations for calculating the sequence quantities at the point of unbalance are given below for the unbalanced conditions that occur frequently. In these equations EIF, E2F, and EOF are components of the line-to-neutral voltages at the point of unbalance; 11F, I2F, and I0F are components of the fault current IF; Z1, Z2, and Z0 are impedances of the system (as viewed from the unbalanced terminals) to the flow of the sequence currents; and Ea, is the line-to-neutral positive-sequence generated voltage.

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If two or more unbalances occur simultaneously, mutual coupling or connections will occur between the sequence networks at each point of unbalance, and if the unbalances are not symmetrical with respect to the same phase, the

connections will have to be made through phase-shifting The analysis in the cases of simultaneous transformers. faults is considerably more complicated than for single unbalances. No assumptions were made in the derivation of the representation of the shunt and series unbalances of Fig. 21 that would not permit the application of the same principles to simultaneous faults on multiple unbalances. In fact various cases of single unbalance can be combined to

Fig.

22Connections

between

the

sequence

networks

for typical

cases

of multiple

unbalances.

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form the proper restraints or terminal connections to represent multiple unbalances. For example, the representation for a simultaneous single line-to-ground fault on phase a and a line-to-line fault, on phases b and c can be derived by satisfying the terminal connections of Figs. 21(d) and 21(f). Fig, 21(d) dictates that the three networks be connected in series, while Fig. 21 (f) shows the positive- and negative-sequence networks in parallel. Both of these requirements can be met simultaneously as shown in Fig. 22(a). Simultaneous faults that are not symmetrical to the reference phase can be represented by similar connections using ideal transformers or phase shifters to shift the sequence voltages and currents originating in all of the unbalances except the first or reference condition. The fault involving phase a is usually taken as the reference and all others are shifted by the proper amount before making the terminal connections required to satisfy that particular type of fault. The positive-, negative-, and zero-sequence shifts, respectively for an unbalance that is symmetrical to phase a are 1, 1, 1; 0 phase a, a, 1; to c phase a, a 2, 1. A few multiple unbalances that, may occur at one point in a system simultaneously are given in Fig. 22, which also gives one illustration of simultaneous faults at different points in a system with one fault not symmetrical with respect to phase a. To summarize, the procedure in finding voltages and currents throughout a system during fault conditions is: (1) set up each sequence network as viewed from the fault, (2) find the distribution factors for each sequence current throughout its network, (3) reduce the network to as simple a circuit as possible, (4) make the proper connection between the networks at the fault point to represent the unbalanced condition, (5) solve the resulting single-phase circuit for the sequence currents at the fault, (6) find the sequence components of voltage and current at the desired locations in the system. The positive-sequence voltage to be used, and the machine impedances, in step (5) depend upon when the fault currents and voltages are desired; if immediately after the fault occurs, in general, use subtransient reactances and the voltage back of subtransient reactance immediately preceding the fault; if a few cycles after the fault occurs, use transient reactances and the voltage back of transient reactance immediately before the fault; and if steady-state conditions are desired, use synchronous reactances and the voltage back of synchronous reactance. If regulators are used, normal bus voltage can be used to find steady-state conditions and the machine reactance in the positive-sequence network taken as being zero.

50,000 NEUTRAL

KVA

37,500

KVA

GROUNDED THROUGH 4% REACT.

x,j = 100% xd = 21 % Xd= 1 2% Xp x0 = 12% 6% (cl

NEUTRAL UNGROUNDED x,j = 130% xd= 25% Xd= I7 % 17% x,= x0* 5%

17. Assumptions
(1) That the fault currents are to be calculated using transient reactances. (2) A base of 50,000 kva for the calculations. (3) That all resistances can be neglected. (4) That, a voltage, positive-sequence, as viewed from the fault of j 100% will be used for reference. This

X. EXAMPLE 16. Problem

OF FAULT CALCULATION

Let US assume the typical transmission system shown in Fig. 23(a) to have a single line-to-ground fault on one end of the 66 kv line as shown. The line construction is given in Fig. 23(b) and the generator constants in Fig. 23(c). Calculate the following: (a) Positive-sequence reactance to the point of fault. (b) Negative-sequence reactance to the point of fault. (c) Zero-sequence reactance to the point of fault.

(5) That the reference phases on either side of the stardelta transformers are chosen such that positivesequence voltage on the high side is advanced 30 in phase position from the positive-sequence voltage on the low side of the transformer.

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Positive- and Negative-Sequence the 110 kv Line.

Reactances

of

turning in ground; unit Ig is 3/2 amperes in each of the two ground wires with three amperes returning in the ground; unit I0' is one ampere in each of the three line conductors with three amperes returning in the ground; and unit Ig' is three amperes in the ground wire with three amperes returning in the ground. These quantities are inter-related as follows:

Positive- and Negative-Sequence the 66 kv Line.

Reactances

of

where

Zero-Sequence ReactancesSince zero-sequence currents flowing in either the 110- or the 66-kv line will induce a zero-sequence voltage in the other line and in all three ground wires, the zero-sequence mutual reactances between lines, between each line and the two sets of ground wires, and between the two sets of ground wires, must be evaluated as well as the zero-sequence self reactances. Indeed, the zero-sequence self reactance of either the 110or the 66-kv line will be affected by the mutual coupling existing with all of the ground wires. The three conductors of the 110-kv line, with ground return, are assumed to form one zero-sequence circuit, denoted by a in Fig. 24; the two ground conductors for this line, with ground return, form the zero-sequence circuit denoted g; the three conductors for the 66-kv line, with ground return, form the zero-sequence circuit denoted a; and the single ground wire for the 66-kv line, with ground return, forms the zerosequence circuit denoted g. Although not strictly correct, we assume the currents carried by the two ground wires of circuit g are equal. Then let:

Fig. 24Zero-sequence circuits formed by the 110 kv line (a), the 66 kv line (a), the two ground wires (g), and the single ground wire (g).

It should be remembered that each of the three line conductors

unit I0 is one ampere in with three amperes re-

Similar definitions apply for Z0(a'g),and Z0(gg'). In each case the zero-sequence mutual reactance between two circuits is equal to e minus three times the average of the ds for all possible distances between conductors of the two circuits. The zero-sequence self reactance of the 110-kv line in the presence of all zero-sequence circuits is obtained by

Chapter letting

2 I00 be zero in the above out this rather equations tedious

Symmetrical Components
and solving

29

for

Carrying found that

process,

it will be

The zero-sequence self reactance of the 66-kv line in the presence of all zero-sequence circuits is obtained by letting Io be zero in the equations that and solving for . If

will be found

The zero-sequence mutual reactance between the 66and the 110-kv line in the presence of all zero-sequence

Fig. 26Reduction of the negative-sequence network and the negative sequence distribution factors.

kva base and the networks set up as viewed from the fault. Illustrative examples of expressing these reactantes in percent on a 50000-kva base follow: Positive-sequence reactance of G2 =

Positive-sequence

reactance

of the 66-kv line=

Positive-sequence
Fig. 25Reduction of the positive-sequence network and the positive-sequence distribution factors.

reactance

of the

110-kv line =

circuits

is obtained

by letting

Io' be zero and solving

for

Zero-sequence mutual reactance between 110-kv line for the 30 mile section =

the 66- and the

19. The Sequence Networks

The sequence networks are shown in Figs. 25, 26, and 27, with all reactances expressed in percent on a 50 000-

The distribution factors are shown on each sequence network; obtained by finding the distribution of one ampere taken as flowing out at the fault. Each network is finally reduced to one equivalent impedance as viewed from the fault.

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Chapter

The sequence networks are connected in series to represent a single line-to-ground fault. The total reactance of the resulting single-phase network is

Since normal current kva of 50 000)

for the

GG-kv circuit

(for a base

I0 = I1 = I2 = (1.637) (437.5) = 715 amperes. The total fault current= I0+I1+I2=4.911 The sequence voltages p.u.=2145 at the fault: amperes.

21. Voltages and Currents at the Breaker Adjacent to the Fault

Using the distribution works at this point: factors in the sequence net-

The line-to-ground and line-t o-line voltages point are equal to those calculated for the fault.

at

this

22. Voltages and Currents at the Breaker Adjacent to Generator G1

The base, or normal, voltage at this point is 13 800 volts line-to-line, or 7960 volts line-to-neutral. The base, or normal, current at this point is is and

Since a star-delta transformation = 2090 amperes. involved, there will be a phase shift in positivenegative-sequence quantities.

Fig. 27Reduction of the zero-sequence network zero-sequence distribution factors.

and

the

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The sequence The sequence voltages at this point are:

voltages

at this point

are:

23. Voltages and Currents at the 110-kv Breaker Adjacent to the 25 000 kva Transformer
The base, or normal, voltage at this point volts line-to-line; or 63 500 volts line-to-neutral. The base, or normal, = 262 amperes. The sequence currents at this point are: current at this point is is 110 000

REFERENCES
Coordinates Applied to the Solution of Polyphase Networks, by C. I,. Fortescue, A.I.E.E. Transactions, V. 37, Part II, 1918, pp. 1027-1140. 2. Symmetrical(a book), by C. F. Wagner and R. D. Components Evans, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1933. 3. Sequence Network Connections for Unbalanced Load and Fault Conditions, by E.L. Harder, The Electric Journal, V. 34, December 1937, pp. 481-488. Simultaneous Faults on Three-Phase Systems, by Edith Clarke, 4. A.I.E.E. Transactions, V. 50, March 1931, pp. 919-941. Symmetrical Components W. V. Lyon, (a book) by 5. Applications of McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1937.

1. Method of Symmetrical